{"id":8,"date":"2012-05-21T13:16:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T17:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/faculty-name\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:27:01","slug":"faculty-name","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Kay Bauer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_0 et_pb_team_member et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/files\/2012\/05\/bauer_mary_kay.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Kay Bauer\" width=\"169\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/files\/2012\/05\/bauer_mary_kay.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" class=\"wp-image-129\" title=\"Mary Kay Bauer\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Mary Kay Bauer<\/h4><p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Associate Professor, Voice\/Soprano\n<br><\/p><div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description_content\"><p>School of Music<br \/>Phone: 828-227-3275<br \/>Email: <a href=\"mailto:mkbauer@wcu.edu\">mkbauer@wcu.edu<\/a><br \/>Office: Coulter 462<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>About Me<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Bauer's favorite opera roles include: Anne Truelove from \u201cRake's Progress,\u201d Marie from the \u201cDaughter of the Regiment,\u201d and Mrs. Grose in \u201cTurn of the Screw.\u201d Dr. Bauer also has served as musical director for many musical productions such as \u201cGuys and Dolls,\u201d \u201cA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,\u201d \u201cThe Pirates of Penzance,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bauer is currently the coordinator of the Graduate Program within the School of Music. \u00a0Dr. Bauer is the director of Western\u2019s Opera Workshop Ensemble. This ensemble excerpts scenes from opera and operetta and performs with costumes and sets. This ensemble performs in spring semesters. \u00a0In addition, Dr. Bauer frequently arranges local tours for the singers in the voice department.<\/p>\n<p>She lives in Sylva, North Carolina with her husband, two children, two dogs, one cat, and two guinea pigs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2700,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/2700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mkbauer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}